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Riverside Elementary District

Public school districtGrades PK–8

Serves Phoenix.

Phoenix’s School Grade B+ better than 73% of Arizona school districts

Students
804
Schools
4
Spent per student
$14,358
AZ $12,318
Students per teacher
18:1
Debt
$43.2M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Riverside Elementary District

  • Its letter, C: results better than 32% of Arizona districts
  • Math proficiency 16 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 9 pts below the state
  • Spends 17% more per student than the AZ average
  • 18 students per teacher
  • Debt of $43.2M, about $53,744 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

C: better than 32% of the 577 Arizona school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well below the state, 2021–22
C+
The town it serves, and its School Grade
B+Phoenix 1,642,323

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Phoenix. Grade by grade →

PK–618 schoolsDeer Valley Unified District
7–811 middle schoolsDeer Valley Unified District
9–1218 high schoolsPhoenix Union High School District

Test scores vs. AZ

2021–22
Math proficiency19%
State average 34.8% · 589 students tested
Reading / language arts31%
State average 40.4% · 587 students tested

100% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 75% at Phoenix Union High School District, which runs the high school (state 77.8%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$14,358 per student · 17% above AZ
Spending
Classroom instruction 39%Support & administration 53%Other 8%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 83%State 5%Federal 12%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
781’20
805’21
822’22
813’23
804’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
Hispanic 72%Black 19%White 4%American Indian/Alaska Native 3%Asian 1%Two or more races <1%

Schools in the district

4 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Arizona’s other public schools.

Riverside Traditional School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Phoenix
C−
381 students18:1
Riverside Elementary School District (RESD) STEM2 Online Sch
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Phoenix
5 students
Kings Ridge School
Middle · Grades 2–8 · Phoenix
C−
371 students19:1
Maricopa Institute of Technology (MIT)
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Phoenix
B
47 students

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Deer Valley Unified DistrictCave Creek, Glendale, Peoria
$11,444per student
Cave Creek Unified DistrictCave Creek, Scottsdale
$10,334per student
Glendale Union High School DistrictGlendale, Peoria
$11,218per student
Kyrene Elementary DistrictGuadalupe, Tempe
$10,909per student

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Arizona.